Uta no Prince Sama

The ultimate finale delivers pure joy! Seeing ST☆RISH debut with their legendary song is an iconic moment. Flashy choreography, energy off the charts and Haruka, our MC, watching her dreams come true made me cry happy tears. Overall, this anime is a good watch !

It is so sweet to watch the other boys sing hard while waiting for the late Tokiya. When they all finally sang together, it was electrifying !

Tension peaks as the boys fight for their dreams against the HM's insane ultimatum. The group's unity gives major goosebumps. Emotional stakes are on the roof, and that final setup is breathtaking!

Drama bomb drops here. While harem dynamics felt natural, everybody's lores delivers deeply emotional scenes. Now I'm anxious for the finale!

Such an episode with the rapid-fire confessions! Well, at least there's only a friendly, non-malicious rivalry among the guys, and I'm good. And, OMG, the dedication of these guys?! Way to go Haruka!

And of course, there will be a beach episode. Tokiya's bond with Haruka and his slow growth felt real. Also, great adding spooky twist and a group comedy. Overall, a pleasant episode.

This one hits right in the feelings! Seeing Tokiya's cold wall break down during that piano session with Haruka felt so earned. Bittersweet episode, with regard to rediscovering one's passion.

Now, we have Natsuki's episode. It started off sweet with Haruka lost on her way to a concert and boy, when his glasses come off, changes everything.

An episode of pure chaotic fun ! This is a total shift in energy from last week, packed with action, heart and a killer theme song. For real.

Struggles with keeping up with the family legacy... It must have been tough for Ren to carry all that pressure while finding one's voice.

Watching Haruka struggle with her confidence while being supported by friends who truly care (despite their chaotic attempts) is heartwarming to see.

Ah yes, the MC's peculiarity. Despite the initial understandings, it's warm to see a genuine bond being formed as Haruka finds her rhythm.

Forgive me, but I honestly found this 2011 anime a bit cringe. Had I encountered this when I was a pre-teen, I'd have screamed at the boys' entrances. Plus, it clearly set the baseline for modern otome game tropes. Still, it's refreshing to step out of my usual genre, even if romance isn't my thing!

This is such a cute ending, even though I think this last part isn't really necessary. But then again, it kind of is, for Haruka's last push (Even though I personally see Haruka would step up no matter what, especially after her protesting to Saotome episodes prior). Overall a nice ending to this series, a flashback to my childhood so to speak. Otoya is so cute with that idol outfit, still he's the best of the bunch in my book, the kind, smiley Otoya.

This was such an emotional and warm episode, we can see Haruka going through one last round of doubt before her final resolution and I genuinely understand her feelings. I like how they handled the transition of each scenes from the Principal's challenge through Haruka's temporary retreat and then ST☆RISH's arrival with a bang of confidence. I really like the Principal's final explanation here, it is genuinely a good lesson rather than just it being a filler. I really like the debut of "Maji Love 1000%" here, all those hardwork has accumulated into this one final episode and it had me crying tears of joy.

Wow, this episode just delivered the most significant plot revelation and ended on a decision that puts everything the cast has worked towards in jeopardy. I really waited for Tokiya's return here and I loved it! I also admired how the Principal challenged Haruka to a debate allowed more room for growth and utilizes authority as an obstacle to our cast rather than just being a comical relief.

I want to say that this episode is emotionally charge, but I personally didn't really feel the emotional, it's more like a relief than the high tension emotional fight that we usually get at time like this, especially after what happened in the previous episode. Which isn't bad, I really like this episode as it felt very 'boyish', in my opinion. But that ending, I was shock we're still having another hook for the next episode even though the next one is the last one. I do wonder what would happen now.

This was quite a tense episode as it uses Tokiya's professional life as the main source of conflict and it also delivered some dramatic consequences off the back of one character trying to honor every commitment he has at the same time. The pacing here is split between the rehearsal scenes and Tokiya's escalating commitments but I do like the fact that they do not rob each other of screen time and allowed each scenes to marinate the emotions.

This was a really satisfying episode after those confessions from the previous episode. I like how they turned what looked like an impossible social situation onto a central musical moment, I suddenly had flashbacks of highschool musical because of this. I also appreciate the harem that this episode is hinting, it was not forced and their relationships feels natural.

I take back my comment on the previous episoe where I said that was the Tokiya episode, because THIS is the Tokiya episode. We get to know Tokiya so much more, even behind that stoic face of his. Before, we saw Tokiya found what he was looking for, and in this episode we saw how he'll fight for it tooth and nails. I also like how the others slowly have a tingling feeling that something is off with Tokiya, which is a spice for further conflict, especially since we still have 2 more episodes to go.